The Anniversary Gift

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road. And those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. This time a platinum wristwatch, a body on a lonely strip of beach, in a case of heart failure in a Beverly Hills garage, all added up to blackmail, 25 years old.

And a killer who would never be caught. It happened like this. From the pen of Raymond Tranfer, After outstanding author of Crime Fiction comes his most famous character in... The Adventures of Philip Marlowe! In just a moment tonight's story, but first, a message from the Ford Dealers of America.

The whole country's talking about the great 1954. Listen to what Mr. Karl Moore of Kingston, Pennsylvania, one of more than 420,000 delighted owners says about his new Ford. I leave my car out on the street a lot in winter, but you'd never know it to look at my 54's paint job, it's still as new looking as when I bought it. I'll never stop wondering

how Ford can sell a car that stands up so well for so little money. And speaking of getting a lot for little money, my Ford gives me up to 22 miles to a gallon of gas.

Yes, it's hard for Ford owners to keep the good news to themselves. The news about the economy of the big new Ford, from its all-initial price to its high resale value, from its low cost of maintenance to its thrift on gas and oil. Ford is a real economy buy but prove it for yourself.

Your neighborhood Ford dealer has the facts on Ford economy and he'll be glad to have you test drive the big 1954 in your own way. And now we bring you tonight's exciting story, the anniversary gift.